As a migrant, as perantau, sometimes you become more conscious of how you present yourself and how others perceive you. We expect ourselves to be emotionally composed, sometimes straying from our true feelings. That’s emotional labour.

But what happens if you’re a migrant journalist?

Tito Ambyo is an Indonesian-Australian journalist and lecturer at RMIT and joins Billy Adison Aditijanto on The Perantau Podcast to share his journey of settling in Melbourne for over 20 years.

On this episode, we talked about his double-role in industry and academia, the challenges of navigating the media landscape as a migrant, and his PhD research on digital horror and storytelling in Indonesia.

We also explored the precarious working conditions in Australian journalism, touching on his recent Crikey article, and contrasting it with the evolving media landscape in Indonesia.

This episode is delivered with a mix of English and Bahasa Indonesia. A transcript is available online.

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